eli5: why do we have those moments where we are like “i remember this exact moment happening before”

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idk how to explain it but it happens to me pretty often

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Anonymous 0 Comments

In addition to what other people have posted, you could also get deja vu simply because you have in fact done something like what you are currently doing before, even if you don’t remember precisely when. I mean, if you walk down a street and see a church, and get a feeling of deja vu, well, you almost certainly have walked down streets and seen churches before. The brain makes the connection but fails to pull up a specific example, so you get that feeling.

Anonymous 0 Comments

In addition to what other people have posted, you could also get deja vu simply because you have in fact done something like what you are currently doing before, even if you don’t remember precisely when. I mean, if you walk down a street and see a church, and get a feeling of deja vu, well, you almost certainly have walked down streets and seen churches before. The brain makes the connection but fails to pull up a specific example, so you get that feeling.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Not to worry you, but if it is happening quite often, please ask others around you to make sure you seem ok and responsive when you experience it because deja vu is actually very common in people with seizures/epilepsy (particularly epilepsy that comes from misfiring in the temporal lobe). Would be worth mentioning to a doctor if this is happening frequently.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Not to worry you, but if it is happening quite often, please ask others around you to make sure you seem ok and responsive when you experience it because deja vu is actually very common in people with seizures/epilepsy (particularly epilepsy that comes from misfiring in the temporal lobe). Would be worth mentioning to a doctor if this is happening frequently.

Anonymous 0 Comments

Not to worry you, but if it is happening quite often, please ask others around you to make sure you seem ok and responsive when you experience it because deja vu is actually very common in people with seizures/epilepsy (particularly epilepsy that comes from misfiring in the temporal lobe). Would be worth mentioning to a doctor if this is happening frequently.